Crocheted Slip on Barbie Dress

I wanted to make a dress for Barbie that did not need to have snaps or velcro sewn on as closures because I'm lazy like that. So I crocheted a dress using worsted weight yarn that would give the dress enough stretch to slip on, but at the same time still have shape. I've only tried it on the Barbie type that has the hard legs which are slippery, not the rubbery legs. However, because of the stretch, it does fit dolls that are the older (disproportionate) type and the newer (less disproportionate :) ) type. 

Slip on Dress

Materials:

Worsted weight yarn

I Hook

Gauge:

4 sc = 1 inch and 4 sc rows = 1 inch

Dress:

Ch 20, sl st in 1^st ch

Rows 1-4: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, sl st in 1^st sc  (20 sc)

Row 5: Ch 1, (sc in next 3 sc, sc dec over next 2 sc) 4 times, sl st in 1^st sc  (16 sc)

Row 6: Ch 1, (sc in next 2 sc, sc dec over next 2 sc) 4 times, sl st in 1^st sc  (12 sc)

Rows 7-8: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, sl st in 1^st sc  (12 sc)

Row 9: Ch 1, 2 sc in each sc around, sl st in 1^st sc  (24 sc)

Row 10: Ch 2, dc in each sc around, sl st in 1^st dc  (24 dc)

Repeat Row 10 until the dress is the desired length. F/O and weave in ends.

Straps:

Working on the other side of Row 1, attach yarn in a sc that you would like to be in the back.

Row 1: Ch 1, sc in next 6 sc, ch 6, sk next 3 sc, sc in next 8 sc, ch 6, sk next 3 sc, sl st in 1^st sc 

            (14 sc, 12 ch, 6 sk st)

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in first 5 sc, sc dec in next sc and in next ch, sc in next 4 ch, sc dec in next ch

            and the next 2 sc, sc in next 4 sc, sc dec in next 2 sc and in next ch, sc in next 4 ch,  insert

hook in last ch, yo, pull through ch, insert hook in 1^st sc of this row, yo, pull through all

loops on hook.

F/O and weave in ends. Decorate as desired.

In the pictures, I used a contrasting color for the straps and I added a row of sc to the bottom using the same contrasting color to balance out the top.